Netflix has a spending problem and we the customers are paying for it. #Bullshit The price of the most popular plan, which is the streaming plan that is normally $9.99. Prices are going up 10%, which is only a dollar a month, making it $10.99 now. I’d be okay with this, but nothing is happening to warrant this other than that the shit-heads at Netflix are selling the farm for more content.

If you were unsure the answer was anything other than “Shaft”, you best be getting yourself a film-education right fast and in a hurry. If you just can’t seem to get that done, Netflix will give you a primer when they reboot the classic 1971 film that was already rebooted once in 2000.

From the brilliant mind of Stephen King, Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard took the horror-master’s novel and gave us a screen play for ‘Gerald’s Game‘. While trying to spice up their marriage in their remote lake house, Jessie must fight to survive when her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her handcuffed to their bed frame.

Frank Grillo (Kingdom, Captain America: Civil War) stars as the wheelman, a getaway driver thrust into a high stakes race-to-survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong. With a car full of money and his family on the line, the clock is ticking to figure out who double-crossed him and the only person he can trust… his thirteen-year-old daughter. All reasons to think fast and drive faster.

Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror‘ debuted way back in 2011. A more innocent time because we didn’t have deep, lurking fears about technology and how it could do anything but improve our daily life. Then came Charlie Brooker and the anthology series that has forced me, at least, to cover all the cameras on my devices with tape or sticky tack. Coming back for it’s fourth season, we’ve got a little, and I do mean little, information on the next six episodes.

Netflix is releasing a new film called Little Evil from writer/director Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil) that is a comedy-horror about a loving family of three. Well, maybe not loving, but more like the actual Antichrist. This looks like a lot of fun and has quite a good cast. If this is anything like Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, then we are in for an entertaining ride for sure. Enjoy the trailer below. Also, I must point out how eerily similar the boy in the poster above looks like a cross between Angus Young from AC/DC and Damien from The Omen. I can’t wait.

Netflix’s addicting royal drama, ‘The Crown‘ is coming back for a second season, unfortunately, we have to wait until December 8. We do get a first peek at a trailer and a few images that are from the upcoming continuation.

Joel and Ethan Coen are bringing their genius craft to Netflix in the form of a Western, anthology series about the American Frontier. The news was announced with typical Coen-flair – “We are streaming motherfuckers!”

Netflix has a new original movie they are releasing on their streaming platform on July 14th called To The Bone that stars Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves. Don’t expect John Wick to walk in and start offing people or Ted Theodore Logan to start playing the guitar here. This is on a more serious note, which follows a young woman named Ellen (Lily Collins), who suffers from severe anorexia and enters a group recovery home in a last ditch effort to get better and survive. There, a fun and unconventional doctor (Keanu Reeves) will learn how to conquer the awfulness of anorexia.

Netflix has secured the new tv series ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance‘, which is a prequel series from Jim Henson’s 1982 opus ‘The Dark Crystal‘, which of course was many of our favorite childhood movies growing up.

A few days ago, Jason Batemanannounced on Twitter that he had signed a deal for the long awaited 5th season of Arrested Development on Netflix. Today, it’s announced that the entire cast and crew have signed on to come back to reprise their roles in one of the funniest television shows to ever grace the small screen. Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross and Alia Shawkat, and Bateman will be coming back, along with show creator Mitch Hurwitz. Netflix doesn’t have an exact date yet, but it will premiere sometime in 2018.

There are two things Martin Scorsese knows a lot about, one of them is making movies and the other is making mob movies. From ‘Goodfellas‘, to ‘Gangs of New York‘, to ‘The Departed‘ with several stops in between, his films speak for themselves so it’s no wonder that a bit of a bidding war has broken out around his latest project ‘The Irishman‘. The companies are sending up their white flags with Netflix standing on the pile of broken bodies, the victor.

Netflix announced today that they will be giving a second season to ‘The OA‘, which is just fantastic news. The first season, which premiered all eight episodes on Netflix in December, was a huge hit and starred Brit Marling with direction by Zal Batmanglij on all eight episodes. Brit and Zal have worked together before. You need to see their work on ‘The Sound of My Voice‘ and ‘The East‘.

Jerry Seinfeld fans listen up! There’s a new home for the comedians current material – Netflix! The streaming giant has struck a deal with the funny man for two new stand-up specials, exclusively for Netflilx, more episodes of ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee‘, plus all the previous episodes which originally aired on Crackle. The deal with Seinfeld also includes a development aspect which puts Seinfeld’s creative genius front and center.

Netflix is putting together another feature that will only bolster their stronghold on original programming. ‘Mute‘ is going to fit right into their stable as an original, futuristic thriller. Filmmaker Duncan Jones (‘Warcraft: The Beginning‘) is crafting a whole new universe in which to tell this mind-bending story.

DreamWorks and Netflix are happy to announce the second season of ‘Voltron‘ debuting Friday, January 20th. Take a peek at what the four Earth teens – Keith, Lance, Hunk, Pidge and, their leader, Shiro get up to in season 2 of the throwback series. These characters are the last line of defense for the galaxy in an intergalactic battle against the evil alien force led by King Zarkon.

If you slammed your first down in frustration after watching the last episode of Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage‘ on Netflix, your chance to rejoice is now: A season two is in the works! Not only is a season two a go, but we’ve got a small teaser to go with that announcement. Don’t tell me Christmas miracles aren’t real!

Have you ever had that moment where you’re binge-watching the latest season of ‘Orange Is The New Black‘ on Netflix and had to leave the house to go somewhere with no internet access to be bored blind? The whole time you’re thinking if I just had the internet I’d totally know what’s happening at Litchfield right now?! Of course you have, well I have too and it appears we’re not the only ones because Netflix is introducing a download option for offline viewing! Yippee!

Dave Chappelle is joining several other comedians and boarding the Netflix train. Chappelle will fit right in there with three new stand-up comedy specials. One will be an original stand-up comedy filmed exclusively for Netflix. While the other two have not been filmed specifically for Netflix, they’re never-before-seen and come from Chappelle’s personal library. Not only are Netflix giving fans some new comedy offerings, but they’re giving us Chappelle’s first concert specials in at least 12 years!

The ‘Lost in Space‘ reboot at Netflix has gained Toby Stephens in the character of John Robinson, the dad, astrophysicist and the expedition commander. Stephens starred in ‘Black Sails‘, ‘13 Hours‘, and ‘The Journey‘ where he plays Tony Blair. Maxwell Jenkins has also been cast in the project as Will Robinson, the youngest child. The pair join Taylor Russell, who has been previously attached to the project as the oldest daughter, Judy for the 10-episode series to debut in 2018.

Netflix has partnered up with everyone’s favorite science guy – Bill Nye, to develop a TV show called ‘Bill Nye Saves the World‘. This show will be available on Netflix and will debut sometime in the Spring of 2017. The show will explore science and the impacts it has on politics, society, and pop culture. I’m sure there will be a ton of special guests too.

Alison Brie is stretching her muscles and pulling on her spandex unitard before she climbs in the ring for Netflix’s ‘GLOW‘. The ‘Community‘ star has signed on in a starring role for Jenji Kohan’s latest series based on the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, co-created with Carly Mensch (‘Orange is the New Black‘) and Liz Flahive (‘Nurse Jackie‘).

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man, ‘Luke Cage‘ escapes prison to become a superhero for hire. The comic-book series features Mike Colter, Frankie Faison, Theo Rossi, and Alfre Woodard.

Netflix has released a brand new trailer for a new original series titled ‘The Get Down‘. The new series debuts the 13-episode season August 12. It hails from the brilliant mind of writer/director Baz Luhrmann (‘Romeo + Juliet‘, ‘Moulin Rouge‘) who works his magic on the 1977 hip hop scene in New York City. Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mamoudou Athie, Skylan Brooks, Tremaine Brown Jr., and Giancarlo Esposito.

Danny Rand returns to New York City after being missing for years, trying to reconnect with his past and his family legacy. He fights against the criminal element corrupting his world around him with his incredible kung-fu mastery and ability to summon the awesome power of the fiery Iron Fist.

Netflix is adding a series to their original project roster and this one seems loaded for comedy gold. CBS’s Chuck Lorre and former ‘Daily Show‘ writer David Javerbaum are writing the laugher, ‘Disjointed‘, and it’s received a 20-episode straight-to-series order starring Kathy Bates.

The high-octane world of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is the basis for the crazy popular series ‘Narcos‘ at Netflix. Now super fans can own season one of the Golden Globe nominated series when it comes to Blu-ray and DVD on August 23rd from Lionsgate.

Ricky Gervais made an announcement today that will rock the world of fans of the original UK mockumentary ‘The Office‘. Gervais appeared on ‘the ‘Opie with Jim Norton Show‘ and dropped the news that he has another film coming up titled ‘David Brent: Life On The Road‘ and Netflix will be it’s home. Gervais has a great outlook on the project landing at Netflix , he’d rather 20 million people see it than half a million in theaters because he will be able to do tours off the back of it.

Netflix is extending their reach into the indie film market with their obtaining global rights to Charlie McDowell’s ‘The Discovery‘ starring Robert Redford, Rooney Mara and Jason Segel, Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough and Ron Canada. The film is set to premiere on Netflix and have a domestic theatrical run in 2017.

Netflix is picking up ‘Big Mouth‘, a half-hour animated comedy series that shows us some teenaged antics in puberty from Nick Kroll (‘The League‘) and Andrew Goldberg (‘Family Guy‘). With a premiere loosely set for sometime in 2017.

Writer/directors Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer have released a trailer for their new series at Netflix, ‘Stranger Things‘. The supernatural drama features Winona Ryder and Matthew Modine, as well as Noah Schnapp, David Harbour, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Millie Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo and Cara Buono.

Julie Andrews is signed on to star in ‘Julie’s Greenroom‘ for Netflix, which will be a kid’s series from the Jim Henson company, that will feature new muppets learning about the performing arts. The show has been picked up for a 13-episode first season with each episode lasting 30 minutes.

Jenji Kohan is a TV series creator responsible for ‘Orange is the New Black‘ and ‘Weeds‘, the woman is a force of nature and the equivalent of a royal flush for a network to have in their stable. She has turned her attention from ladies in prison for the moment, to ladies wrestling with a project titled ‘GLOW‘. If that sounds familiar, you’re right because the series is inspired by the TV series ‘GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling‘ from the 1980’s.

I love British royalty, British comedy and British crime dramas, as far as the last category goes, there’s been a trailer released for one of the most exciting series on Netflix and it’s getting ready to air it’s 3rd season – ‘Peaky Blinders‘. If you’re unaware of this show, it’s OK, we’ve all been in the dark before, but step into the light and binge watch the first 2 seasons so you understand why this is so frakkin’ exciting, I’ll wait. So I won’t wait because that’s a voyage to awesome and I want everyone else to see this trailer, so catch up with this after! May 31st is the big day for fans in the US, all six episodes of the tertiary season will be available.

It was only a matter of time, since Jon Bernthal’s ‘Punisher‘ in the second season of ‘Daredevil‘ was so hugely popular, hence Netflix has just announced that ‘Punisher’ will have its own series. They have tried to do ‘The Punisher’ over the years, first being with Dolph Lundgren back in the 80s. I still have a soft spot for that movie. Then there was the Thomas Jane films, which could have been amazing and a few scenes had their moments, but it was mostly laughable. Put in a few other projects in the mix and you would have a sub-par Punisher movie realm.

More ‘Wet Hot American Summer‘ is coming to Netflix in 2017 with eight new episodes, and is subtitled ‘Ten Years Later‘. I guess they are really going to abide by that scene in the original film where everyone discusses meeting back up ten years later, and then trying to actually schedule a time and date. It was pretty funny. This last series of episodes was entitled ‘First Day of Camp‘ where the original film was set on the last day of summer camp.

Netflix is beefing up their original series with a time-travel series starring everyone’s favorite roommate, Eric McCormack (‘Will & Grace‘). The drama will be a combined effort with Canadian TV channel Showcase, they will also have exclusive rights to broadcast the series in Canada, but Netflix picks it up everywhere outside of Canada.

Netflix is prepping a biopic on National Lampoon co-founder Douglas Kenney titled ‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture‘. As with any flick there are other characters besides Kenney to be filled, the one that comes to mind is Chevy Chase.

The animated feature film ‘The Little Prince‘ is based on the 1943 book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and was originally planned to open in theaters today, but it’s been pulled from the lineup and will see a release date through Netflix for online streaming. The film received a July release date last year in France and, just last month, it was awarded the Cesar Award for best animated film.

When you’ve got an excellent voice, you do excellent things with it, and if you’re Patrick Warburton you have both. The man who voiced Disney’s Kronk is set to star as narrator, Lemony Snicket in Netflix’s series adaptation of ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events‘.

‘Ozark‘ is a new drama series that is coming to Netflix. More importantly than that is it’s not only executive produced, but also directed by the one, the only, Jason Bateman. The announcement that Netflix has landed the property after at least two months of negotiations.

In the category of most anticipated TV returns, we can count the second season of Netflix’s ‘Daredevil‘ among that list. The story of Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer from Hell’s Kitchen who moonlights as a vigilante has been an intriguing series that I’ve not been able to get enough of. I’m more excited for season 2. Not only because it’s a gripping storyline, but because of the inclusion of a new character this season.

Netflix knows what the public wants and they can’t wait to give it to us. That sounds a little porn-ish, but we are talking about Pee-Wee Herman here. Bad joke, I know – moving on. The streamer has released the first full trailer for the upcoming ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday‘ that’s set to debut March 18 and it looks like a lot of typical Pee-Wee fun.

We have already reported that Netflix is bringing a new ‘Voltron’ series exclusively to its format called ‘VOLTRON: Legendary‘. No talent has been officially announced yet, but we expect to hear something on that very soon. However, Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television have released the official logo/teaser image for the new show. It looks like a lot of fun. Here’s hoping for the best. Will update as soon as we here cast and crew announcements.

I love ‘Gilmore Girls‘ news, and this bit is fantastic! Matt Czuchry, you know him as Logan Huntzberger has closed a deal that brings him back to Stars Hollow for the four-part revival of the series from Netflix. I loved Rory’s boyfriends, I’m more than a little partial to Jared Padalecki’s Dean, but Logan was another one I loved.

How many Stretch Armstrong “accidents” did you get into when you were a kid? More than a dozen? Well, time to break out the old Stretch Armstrong toy again, because Netflix is making a television series, geared towards kids based on the popular toy. The series will be animated and premiere in 2017 with Hasbro Studios co-producing. This is one of man original shows that Netflix is producing for the small kid demographic, but I’m sure us “adults” will have to take a sneak peek at it as well, since we did grow up with these toys.

Netflix and DreamWorks have fine-tuned and extended their agreement culminating in an announcement of two new series that will be exclusive to the streaming library this year. This makes Netflix the global home, besides China, to house new original series from the studio and streaming rights to the DreamWorks Animation feature film library.

Judd Apatow is almost like Adam Sandler where his projects are hit or miss, but lately more of a miss which makes Netflix a perfect partner seeing as that’s where Sandler’s current projects are calling home. For Apatow, it’s only a comedy series right now that’s set to debut on February 19 called ‘Love‘.

If you wanted more of ‘The Croods‘, then you’re in luck! Netflix is bringing ‘Dawn of the Croods‘ an original, animated, family sitcom from DreamWorks Animation and coming just in time for kids home on Christmas breaks on December 24.

The Multi-Media Men and Women Podcast is here with episode #60! We are podcasting the Sunday before Thanksgiving with donut holes and and hot coffee as we discuss the best ‘Thanksgiving’ movies and films that we are indeed thankful for. What movies are you thankful for? We also talk about Netflix original shows, Rob Schneider, and a remake of ‘Lost in Space‘. It was a lot of fun.

For years, we’ve heard rumblings in the deepest pockets of space that the 1960’s sci-fi series ‘Lost in Space‘ was getting a remake. They even released a movie in 1998, 30 years after the series was relevant to most viewers. The response wasn’t enough to demand a sequel, but the concept of the show never went away. It was announced a few years ago that writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless have been writing a script that will rejuvenate the series if it could only find a home.

If it’s Bill Murray, it’s gotta be good, I’m extending that theory to Netflix and their holiday special, ‘A Very Murray Christmas‘. This winter, Murray will bless us with a musical special that’s going to be all-star, all the way. As if anything else would do.

Netflix is, at this point, well established in the original series game so it comes as no surprise that their further efforts are drawing some serious star power. Case in point – ‘Frontier‘ from director Brad Peyton, you might recognize that name on the director’s title for ‘San Andreas‘ with co-starred one hell of a powerhouse in Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. So we know Peyton can work with the big names, but who is his star going to be for the streamers new series, ‘Frontier‘ but Khal Drogog himself, Jason Momoa.

If there’s one thing I love when it comes to movies and TV, it’s the stories about serial killers. I’m not a (total) freak, I just have a deep fascination with the topic. I’ve read every true crime novel I could get my hands on, granted, one in particular made me sleep with my Louisville Slugger really close at hand, and I’ve argued the logistics of popular murderers (mainly Charles Manson) with friends who grew up during that era and I’m good at proving them wrong. So when I read that Netflix is picking up a documentary crime series about a particular killer, I met this news with higher-than-average excitement.

Jay Asher’s novel, ‘Th1rteen R3asons Why‘ is a multi-award winning young-adult, fiction, novel that treats suicide as an almost palpable character with the young lead in the novel, Hannah, listing 13 reasons leading her to consider suicide. Netflix purchased the rights with plans to adapt it into a 13-episode miniseries starring Selena Gomez who is also attached to exec produce.

We of the Stars Hollow faithful can rejoice now that Netflix has resurrected one more TV series long thought gone forever. ‘Gilmore Girls‘ is joining the ranks of ‘Full House‘ and ‘Arrested Development‘ as series that are seeing a revival once more on the streamer.

Netflix is getting us ready for their debut of superhero series ‘Jessica Jones‘ with a peek into her world with a new trailer. I love Krysten Ritter and adore David Tennant so I will be definitely checking this one out when it debuts November 20 in true Netflix fashion with a full season available at 12:01 am on the 20th.

Netflix is presenting the cast for their latest supernatural period drama series, ‘Stranger Things‘, that is currently in pre-production for a first season order of 8 episodes, from executive producer Shawn Levy, (‘Real Steel‘, ‘Night at the Museum‘) and being written and directed by Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (‘Wayward Pines‘, ‘We All Fall Down‘)

When it comes to mockumentaries, Christopher Guest knows his way around them like no one else. Guest starred in ‘This is Spinal Tap‘, an American music rockumentary which cemented the character Nigel Tufnel, lead guitarist of the fictional band, into permanent pop culture standing. He followed up Spinal Tap with other mocks like ‘Best In Show‘ and ‘For Your Consideration‘.

Good news, everyone! With the huge recent success of the original ‘The Wonder Years‘ being streamed on Netflix, as well as the DVD set of the entire series being released for the first time, Netflix has doubled down and ordered a thirteen episode mini series that brings the Arnold family back.

Some celebrities use their status to get the best dinner reservations, vacations and all the clothes it would take at least 4 lifetimes to wear. Most of Hollywood’s elite find their own ways to give back to the society that made them household names, Leonardo DiCaprio has found his own way as a philanthropist, by giving a voice to the otherwise voiceless with his riveting and sobering documentaries. This is not the only way Leo gives back though, he serves on the boards of World Wildlife Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, and International Fund for Animal Welfare, along with spearheading numerous public awareness campaigns and launching The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. This is clearly a man on a mission that is making his celebrity work for him, not the other way around.

Who would have thought that the unassuming red envelopes peppering the post would prove such a force with a crippling bite, but Netflix has proven time and again why streaming services are here to stay, not only stay, but compete with big theaters. In the past we’ve seen sequels go straight to the VOD service, we’ve seen original series go the same and we’re seeing original films, first run releases sign with them for distribution rights. The streamer has one more mark to add to it’s tally with ‘Beasts Of No Nation‘.

This summer is going to be smoking hot for Netflix. The new “norm” for television watching giant announced the premiere dates for three of its most anticipated shows, which are ‘Orange is the New Black‘ season 3, and the first seasons of ‘Sense8‘ and ‘Wet Hot American Summer‘.

It’s been 30 years since we first saw Pee-Wee on the big screen in ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure‘, which was Tim Burton’s first feature film he directed. And we’ve been reporting for some time now that Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee) has been developing a couple of new feature films with Judd Apatow (‘Knocked Up‘).

In October Adam Sandler made headlines when he signed an exclusive contract with Netflix comprising of four films starring Sandler from his Happy Madison that will not have an initial theatrical run but will debut straight to the streaming provider.

Netflix is determined to make themselves a name for original television and each announcement simply adds weight to the flag they’ve staked in the ground once held firm by cable TV. Next up for the media giant is a live-action adaptation of Ninetendo’s hit videogame franchise, ‘The Legend of Zelda‘.

Riding high on the coat tails of Tina Fey’s final Golden Globe’s hosting gig, Netflix has released the first trailer for their new show from Fey and Robert Carlock (writer for ‘Friends‘, ‘Saturday Night Live‘ and ‘30 Rock‘). ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‘ was originally conceived for a run on NBC, but Netflix swooped in for the rights once NBC backed out.

Good news, everyone. It’s finally happening. Paul Rudd will hate picking up his breakfast off the floor and we might get another steamy sex scene between Michael Ian Black and Bradley Cooper. Netflix is reviving the cult classic film ‘Wet Hot American Summer‘ into a limited series.

Mark your calendars for April 10th, because that is when the new Marvel series ‘Daredevil‘ will debut exclusively on Netflix. Season one will have 13 – one hour episodes, which will all be available at midnight on April 10th. I really enjoy the first attempt at the feature film that starred Ben Affleck, Jon Favreau, Colin Farrell, and Michael Clarke Duncan. Let me rephrase that, I enjoyed the director’s cut of the film, which is Highly Recommended. But this new series is shaping up quite nicely.

As original documentaries go, there are thousands of them covering any and all topics you could imagine and probably a lot that you wouldn’t want to imagine. If you’re in love with inanimate objects, partial to animals as bed-mates or you just want to check in with the oldest set of twins working as prostitutes. I know these things so you don’t have to. You’re welcome

In a world where nostalgia sells like gangbusters, Netflix has thrown their net into the profit pool hoping to pull in a whale with the over-grown man-child Pee-wee Herman. The SVOD and Judd Apatow are joining forces to produce a new, and solely for Netflix, film. No news of a director for the project, regardless of who signs on to helm the project, the script is in place having been written by Reubens and Paul Rust.

Jessica Jones is the latest in Marvel’s stable of characters that are coming to life. Jones is a superhero that has really had a rough go of it once she gained super human abilities. As a teenager, she loses her family in a car accident with a military truck carrying experimental material. The girl just can’t seem to catch a break. Her exploits as a costumed superhero end in Jones suffering a case of PTSD and a desire to hang up her tights forever.

The holidays are one of the biggest catch-22’s in existence, you want to spend time with family, but the second you’re with them, you’re ready to get out of there. Netflix to the rescue! The streaming service is beefing up their original series offerings just in time for the holiday home-stretch. What better way to deal with an over-abundance of family, and the crazy that comes with that, than to flip on the TV and escape into the lives of those that have way more problems than you do?

Netflix has cannonballed into the original series pool with ‘Orange Is The New Black‘ and ‘House of Cards‘. Turns out that was just a splash of what the SVOD had planned. We’ve seen the announcements of original movies that are being produced solely for Netflix, or being premiered in IMAX and Netflix simultaneously.

The 80’s were all about excess. If you liked neon, you didn’t wear just a little bit of neon in your wardrobe, you saturated yourself with it, if you wore makeup, it was caked on thicker than Dee Snider’s and if you watched a cartoon about a rich kid, he had to be the most opulent image of wealth a kid could fathom which basically came down to swimming in a pool of money with a dog named Dollar.

Occasionally things go so right in my world that it feels as if the collective gods have smiled down on me. HBO is going to offer its own stand-alone streaming service beginning next year! This bit of info…and the pint of Ben & Jerry’s awaiting me after dinner feels like a warm hug at the end of a craptastic day. I have been hoping and praying for a service like this from the premium channel. I’m among the number of people that are living with the cord cut from cable and satellite conglomerates. I don’t have any real problem with the situation, sometimes I miss the live showing of ‘The Walking Dead‘, but in a few hours I’m watching it anyway, I can deal with that. The real problem comes when I want to watch a favorite series without digging through my cabinet of DVD’s or *oh mon Dieu* I don’t have the series, yet. This has been the exact scenario that led me to the pitiful prayer for an HBO streaming service.

Netflix keeps tightening its grip on subscribers. They’re either bringing us original content (‘Orange Is The New Black‘) or bringing a sequel straight to streaming (‘Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon‘), if they’re not doing one of those, they’re giving a beloved childhood favorite a makeover.

If anyone would have suggested that the mass of little red envelopes flooding the post would one day throw the entertainment industry in a tizzy, we’d have laughed at the possibility. That was 1997 and none of us had any idea of how big a shadow Netflix would end up casting. The SVOD dropped a Jaws-like bomb into the normally calm seas of the movie biz and set the choppy seas in motion by announcing their partnership with The Weinstein Company and IMAX to release ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend‘ on the same day for Netflix viewers and IMAX theaters. Not content to let the waters settle, Netflix has another partnership they want to share. The controversial company and Adam Sandler have entered a partnership that will feature a four-pack of films, starring Sandler of course, and produced under his Happy Madison banner that will go straight to the subscription members, no theater stops in between.

We’ve talked in the past about how Marvel is delving into every facet of entertainment and/or marketing positions they can with their wide-spread character base. I’ve also told you how the next Netflix produced series is going to be Marvel’s first foray with the pay-tv company. Next year, we’ve been told to expect ‘Daredevil‘ to be available for you to put it in queue. We know quite a few of the major players in the drama set in Hell’s Kitchen, but that doesn’t mean we’ve met everyone that’s going to be involved.

Everyone remember the hype surrounding the new prequel series ‘Gotham‘? We’ve been inundated with teasers, internet ads, and just in general talking about how awesome, or un-awesome (is that a word?) it’s going to be. I want to be hopeful, because I’m a huge fan of the bat. Love the world of Gotham City and it’s dark, iniquitous, sullen tones. I’ve always loved the Tim Burton version of the Batman films, don’t get me wrong, Nolan’s flicks were excellent in that they gave me the action I crave. But I like how the first set of movies make him a real character and not either just a 40-pack a day smoker in a cowl, or an asshole.

Netflix is a good place to turn if you want to laugh. Besides their movies and TV shows that can cause you to crack a rib with laughter, they’ve always had a fairly decent supply of live performances by our favorite comedians. I just watched Sherri Shepherd’s stand-up on Netflix, ‘It’s My Time To Talk‘ a few days ago and thought it was one of the most brilliant bits of comedy I’ve seen in a long time.

So we’ve known for a while that there is going to be a re-make of the Marvel superhero ‘Daredevil‘. We know that Marvel has partnered with Netflix to bring us a 13-episode drama based on the comic book stories of the blind, lawyer from Hell’s Kitchen.

We’ve known for a while that CharlieCox (‘BoardwalkEmpire‘) is going to play the eponymous MattMurdock/Daredevil, and that VincentD’Onofrio (‘LawandOrder‘) is going to play the juxtapositional WilsonFisk, aka Kingpin. Today, we’ve gotten some more casting news. DeborahAnnWoll, Jessica from ‘TrueBlood‘ has been given the role of KarenPage.

More good news is coming from the ‘Daredevil’ series for Netflix. In addition to Charlie Cox (‘Boardwalk Empire‘) playing Daredevil and Vincent D’Onofrio (‘Full Metal Jacket‘) playing Kingpin, Rosario Dawson (‘Clerks II‘ and ‘Sin City‘) will add her amazing talent to the new show.

Scholastic Media and Netflix are teaming up to bring a new and modern version of the hit 1990’s kids TV series ‘The Magic School Bus‘. This new version will be a CG animated series and will be called ‘The Magic School Bus 360°‘. Just like the original show, it will focus on science and technology lessons for school-aged children.

What do you do when a Marvel movie flops with a more deafening thud than Crystal Pepsi? You re-tool it, sell it to Netflix where it becomes an episodic challenge. Where the feature film had big budgets and big stars to it’s credit, this series is going to attempt to make more out of less. Daredevil fans everywhere will have an opinion on what they expect from the new show. My expectations for this show is that it NOT suck. Not asking much, just the lack of major suckage.

Netflix is in final talks with director/actor David Wain and writer/director Michael Showalter to revive their hit cult comedy film ‘Wet Hot American Summer‘, which is one of the funniest films of all time. Wain and Showalter are looking to make this into a prequel series, which will reunite the entire cast from the original film back in 2001, a lot of those actors being Oscar and Emmy winners now.

It’s official. ‘House of Cards‘ fans that have been enjoying the first 2 seasons on Netflix have reason to cheer. Netflix confirmed that they have officially picked up a third season of the wildly successful straight-to-Netflix drama. “Our intent is that the show keep going for sure. It was a 26-episode commitment. It was not our intent that it just run for two seasons”, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos said during the announcement.

AMC’s ‘The Killing‘ just won’t stay dead. AMC cancelled the show after the second season. But due to popular demand by its audience, AMC decided to renew if for a third season, but then AMC once again cancelled the show. But never fear, Netflix now, has picked up the show for a fourth season, which stars Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos.

The Superhero business is a big money maker and anything associated with Marvel Comics is getting snatched up as quickly as if Speed Demon were picking up a littered yard. The geek-friendly brand has just closed a deal with media giant, Netflix, to produce at least four 13-episode series that will lead up to a miniseries of The Defenders.

Dealing with revenge is the Underwood’s (Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright) MO in ‘House of Cards‘, and I bet we’re going to expect more of the same if Netflix picks up the option for the show to continue after it’s second season. As the keynote speaker for Film Independent’s 9th annual confab, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos stated, “Our intent is that the show keep going for sure, It was a 26-episode commitment. It was not our intent that it just run for two seasons, talks are in progress right now, so stay tuned.”

DreamWorks Animation Studios and Netflix are doing well monetarily these days, and it’s only fitting that both companies have struck an epic deal that will last over the next several years. Both companies announced today that DreamWorks will start making new and original content exclusively for Netflix. The new series featured will be inspired by the iconic DreamWorks characters as well as ones from the Classic Media Library it purchased last year.

Well it looks like Netflix will be dabbling into a huge epic sci fi series in late 2014. ‘Sense8‘, which is a new project from the Wachowskis (‘The Matrix‘), landed 10 episodes with the movie rental giant. ‘Sense8‘ is a mind bending series that was created years ago over a conversation the Wachowskis had over technology and how it connects everything.

Don’t fret folks. Nothing to worry about, at least for now. ‘Arrested Development‘ as currently paused production to allow series creator Mitch Hurwitz to review footage that has already been filmed and add new scenes. You see, Netflix is so excited about having this tv series, that they have just ordered more episodes for the 4th season.